PODCAST BAQUA001 Sara Crappé and Saskia Buysens of PCG, Belgium

Welcome to our first ever podcast from the British Aquaponics Association – it was a huge privilege to visit PCG in Belgium as part of our Summer 2017 tour of Aquaponic Facilities – Listen on ITUNES, or if you don’t use itunes listen here. And here is PCG in the GeoDirectory.

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So – what is PCG? The PCG (Provincial Centre for Vegetable East Vlaanderen) is active in the field of public and private research and education, in open or closed knowledge system as the client prefers. Their activities take place in cooperation with the government, private companies and other research centres at home and abroad.

PCG is a practice centre for “research and education in the vegetable”. The PCG activities are grouped into 4 knowledge units:

outdoor Vegetable

vegetable crops under shelter

taste and consumer research

innovation

Additionally PCG also provides services such as information about water management Businesses Water Portal , an East Flemish info counter with PCG as coordinator, soil analysis and fertilization advice and operation of CVBB where PCG is coordinator for East Flanders. The Department of flavor – and consumer research – PCG specialized in the sensory analysis of fruit and vegetables , the quality of fruits and vegetables measured by the human senses. In addition, the PCG conducts qualitative and quantitative consumer research through focus groups and surveys.